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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHEL DE ZUR-MHLEN AND ADOLPHE XVETREMS, OF BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.

COIN-FREED MECHANISM FOR REL-EASING BOX-LIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part `cf Letters Patent No. 587,666, dated August3, 1897;

Application ned October 27, 1696. serian-1,610,212. N6 model.) Patentedin Belgium Jennery 15, 1695,11@ 113,640, and

January 30, 1895, No. 113,881, and in France September 14, 1895,1To.290,281.

To CLZ whom t may ccnccrlt:

Be it known that we, MICHEL DE ZUR# MHLEN and ADOLPHE WETEEMS,gentlemen, of Brussels, Belgium, have invented an Improvement inCoin-Freed Mechanism for Releasing Box-Lids, (for which we have obtainedLetters Patentin Belgium, No. 113,610, dated January 15, 1895, and No.113,881, dated January 39, 1895, and in France, No. 290,281, datedSeptember 14, 1895,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for allowing by insertion of a coin theopening of the lid of a box containing articles such as bon-bons,perfumes, smelling-salts, vials of liquor, or the like, such a box beingadapted to be xed to the back of a seat in a theater or other place ofresort or to be secured in a convenient position in a railway or tramwaycar or other conveyance.

W'e shall describe the mechanism for releasing the lid of the box,referring to the ac- I companying drawings.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionon the line .es of Fig. 1.

A is a slot by which a coin of predetermined size and value isintroduced. The coin falls int-o a yoke C till it comes to rest onshoulders B B. The yoke C is connected by a rod F to the stem of abutton K, which passes through alateral slot. On moving this button tothe right the yoke C, along with the coin, is drawn to the right inopposition to a spring'E. The coin, meeting the inclined end of asliding latch P, pushes P upward, and an inclined piece p, raised by it,acting against the inclined side of a notch in the sliding bolt S,

causes S to move to the left in opposition to' a spring T, releasing ahook projecting down from the lid H, which is then free to be opened,giving access to the articles in the box L. The hinges of the lid may beprovided with a spring, so that the lid opens a little as soon as it isreleased. The lid may have a glazed opening through which the contentsof the box may be seen. On letting go the knob K the coin, being in aposition beyond the shoulders B B, drops into the receptacle M, and theyoke C is moved by the spring E back to the position immediately under Aready to receive another coin.

Having thus described the nature of our invention and the best means ofcarrying the same into practice, we claim- A box having the lid adaptedto be released by the insertion of a coin, the said box being providedwith a slot, a spring-actuated yoke into which the coin falls, a pulland a lid provided with a hook, in combination with a slidingspring-bolt S engaging with the said hook and provided with an inclinedsurface, and a sliding latch provided with two inclined surfaces, one toengage with the inclined surface on the said bolt, and the other adaptedto be acted upon by the coin, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MICHEL DE ZUR-MHLEN. ADOLPHE VETREMS. Vitnesses z GUsTAvE PIERRE,GREGORY PHELAN.

